31-10-2001 07:08									#1
	Systems Civ3 runs fine on Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

I can Run Civ3

and it is great

I haven't done this poorly in a long time

and the interface is no problem either

I have

Win2000
Athlon 1 Ghz
256 Mb
Radeon 32Mb DDR (why didn't I get a Geforce 2 MX, I was going to..)

and my computer has some serious problem which causes it to rerepearable crash every week (I have to reinstall my operating system)

Oh I got the LE edition

I would recommend people get the SE edition too

Jon Miller

	31-10-2001 07:12									#2
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quote: Originally posted by Jon Miller Radeon 32Mb DDR (why didn't I get a Geforce 2 MX, I was going to..)

Yah, Geforce 2 or 3 really is the only way to go. I'm looking at getting an MSI GE2 with my next system. It's supposed to kick ass!! Unfortunately, I don't know if they sell the model I want in Canada..

quote: Oh I got the LE edition I would recommend people get the SE edition too Jon Miller

Why not get the LE edition? Please explain....

	31-10-2001 07:26									#3
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fine on mine

	31-10-2001 07:26									#4
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Yeah, can you believe someone trying to run Civ3 with a 4mb graphics card?!?!? Needless to say, dude is blaming the game.

	31-10-2001 07:39									#5
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Don't have the game yet, but...

I only have a 8MB chip. That's just the way the board was set up, SiS 630/730. So graphics were never my strong point...=)

I gave the system as much memory as it would let me, 64MB...I really don't know if the chip makes use of it, but I haven't had problems with new 3d games.

	31-10-2001 08:29									#6
	System civ3 runs fine on Support Apolyton or Terrorists Win

running good on my machine(near min specs too)
350 K6-2
160Mb Ram
500meg swapfile
min install
16mb Voodoo Banshee(yes, an old old card)

no problems so far, little temporart glitch with sound system, but it sorted it out fine

	31-10-2001 08:31									#7
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OCed celery 566 (850)
128mb PC-100 RAM
Geforce3
Soundblaster live

The only thing that seems to be slowing me down is my HDD. My 'good' one (bleh!!!) died this weekend, so I had to go back to my old 4gigabyte drive, which, I don't have to tell you, is sooo sloooowww....

	31-10-2001 08:34									#8
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P-III 600
256 megs ram
GeForce 3

Smooth as silk, no crashes, no glitches. Heck, I've got it windowed right now so I can chat on aim and read this board.

	31-10-2001 08:39									#9
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AMD Athlon 950
256mb RAM
32mb GeForce2 MX with Det 12.41
7200rpm 10gb HD

Smooth as silk, including all videos, scrolls, etc.

I can't stress enough how important it is to keep your drivers up-to-date (perhaps not with the latest and greatest but with the most stable recent ones). This not includes the obvious ones, but motherboard, miniports, bios and others as well.

	31-10-2001 08:55									#10
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ya i cant believe that ***** tryin to run it on a shitcard...anyway ya runs fine on this crappy setup

p3450
128sd
ati32mb
17inviewsonic
soundblaster128

	31-10-2001 09:58									#11
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athlon 950mhz
384 mb RAM
gforce2MX
soundblaster live!
winME

sorry that youre having problems, techwins. hope you get it figured out soon.

	31-10-2001 10:36									#12
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Runs Great here

Athlon 1.2 Ghz (266)
512 Megs of 2100 DDR
Geforce 2 MX 32 MB(Elsa)
20 Gig 7200RPM ATA66 hard Drive
Sound Blaster Live! Value.

	31-10-2001 10:56									#13
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I've been following the release of Civ 3 with some interest. I was going to start a new thread about my question but this seems like a perfectly good place to ask.

I was just wondering whether anybody reckons Civ 3 would work on my system:

P2 233
352 Mb RAM
Riva TNT2 m64

I know that's below the minimum system requirements but I've been able to get games like Max Payne, Giants and Deus Ex to work, which all have minimum requirements higher than my P2 233.

So what are your general impressions of how Civ 3 runs. Anybody reckon I could run it or would I just be wasting my money?

p.s. I used to post at Apolyton about 2 or 3 years ago as IG-88 if anybody remembers me. Though I wouldn't blame you if you don't 'cos I didn't post much.

	31-10-2001 11:05									#14
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Works fine here.

PIII-850
1,280MB RAM (PC-100)
32MB ATI All-in-Wonder 128
5400RPM ATA-100 HDD
Sound Blaster Live!
Win2000

	31-10-2001 11:08									#15
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Not running...the screen keeps going blank after the intro movie. It's a bit disheartening.

Running a brand new computer...

1.4Ghz
512 Mg RAM
GForce video card
Windows XP

Can't seem to figure it out. But then again, my computer guru friends are unreachable at the moment.

	31-10-2001 11:19									#16
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quote: Originally posted by Droximus Not running...the screen keeps going blank after the intro movie. It's a bit disheartening. Running a brand new computer... 1.4Ghz 512 Mg RAM GForce video card Windows XP Can't seem to figure it out. But then again, my computer guru friends are unreachable at the moment.

probably a driver incompatibility or something

Jon Miller

	31-10-2001 11:23									#17
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quote: Yeah, can you believe someone trying to run Civ3 with a 4mb graphics card?!?!?

On one of my brother's computers he has a PII 233 running with a 4mb video card and it works on there. I have had plenty of other games work perfectly fine for me, so yes I think it is the game. Plus the problem obviously has been reported by other people sine it has the problem I am having has been specifically stated, if you look at the troubleshooting hints link.

	31-10-2001 11:51									#18
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quote: Originally posted by Droximus Not running...the screen keeps going blank after the intro movie. It's a bit disheartening. Running a brand new computer... 1.4Ghz 512 Mg RAM GForce video card Windows XP

I've seen people on the boards with Windows XP having trouble like this until they try the Windows98/ME compatibility mode. I don't have Windows XP (or Civ3 for that matter ) so I'm taking a stab in teh dark but maybe it will help.

LZ

	31-10-2001 12:00									#19
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Both systems work flawlessly for me:

Pentium III 800MHz
384MB RAM
GeForce 3
SoundBlaster Audigy
Windows XP

and

Pentium III 600MHz
256mb RAM
Radeon 64MB DDR
SoundBlaster Live!
Windows XP

	31-10-2001 16:26									#20
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quote: Originally posted by Steve Clark Yeah, can you believe someone trying to run Civ3 with a 4mb graphics card?!?!? Needless to say, dude is blaming the game.

Steve, what's your point? The game doesn't need any 3D advanced card AFAIK, nor any resolution larger than 1024*768 is needed.
32MB GeForce aren't required in Sys Requirements by official site of Firaxis.

With that resolution and colour depth any 4MB card should be enough, not to mention many people complaining in HELP section are using system with better Video Card.

Enjoy your powerful system and consider the possibility that... Yes, if all his other SW works fine, the game could really have its part in this trouble.

	31-10-2001 16:35									#21
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quote: Originally posted by Jon Miller I would recommend people get the SE edition too

Are you going to explain why?

	31-10-2001 17:00									#22
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No problems here


AMD Athlon XP 1.4 or 5 GIG
512MB RAM
GeForce 3
SoundBlaster Live
Windows 98

	31-10-2001 17:51									#23
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quote: Originally posted by Adm.Naismith The game doesn't need any 3D advanced card AFAIK, nor any resolution larger than 1024*768 is needed.

It could make a *HUGE* difference to scroll rates if the game was using a very large bitmap to store the entire scrollable area, and just blitting the necessary bits when you scroll.

If the graphics card has enough memory, it would all work from the card's memory. If it didn't have enough memory, the blits would have to go from system memory to graphics memory - which is *MUCH* slower.

	31-10-2001 18:19									#24
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For anyone wondering - Civ III runs like a dream on a P2 300 Mhz machine. I'm close to the minimum req with a good graphic card and 128M memory and it works perfectly; haven't spotted any glitches yet.

Played a 6 hour session last night and the game didn't crash either, so it's very stable as well in spite of other reports.

And the AI is kicking my butt too in a way that Civ II never did. Great fun!

	31-10-2001 18:40									#25
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Machine specs:

Civ 3 runs a bit slowly on my home PC

Win XP
celery 633MHz O/C (950MHz)
GeForce 2 (det xp 21.83)
384 MB RAM

On an office PC the scrolling, in particular, is terrible.

Win XP
P4 1.9GHz
GeForce 3 (det Xp 21.83)
512 RAMBUS

Two Other PC's run the game very well

Win 98
Athlon 1.2 GHz
GeForce 2 (det xp 21.83)
256 RAM

Win ME
P3 933MHz
Radeon (4.13.01.7075)
256 RAM

The last machine runs the game brilliantly!

About time I tried to figure out the problem I suppose

	31-10-2001 19:04									#26
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Looks like Win2K and particularly WinXP slow it down...

On a side note, the definition of 'smooth' is probably highly subjective, judging from the claims about 1400 and 300Mhz PC's.

	31-10-2001 23:08									#27
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Grim: Rolling back your Nvidia drivers to 12.80 fixes the scrolling problem for now.

It appears to be a bug in Nvidia's Windows NT driver (2000, XP), but Mike from Firaxis also said it was due to sloppy coding on his part.

Whoever is at fault doesn't matter, I just hope they fix it.

	31-10-2001 23:26									#28
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P3-1000
GeForce 256
384 Ram
SB Live Value
Windows ME

It works fine...no chopiness that people have reported. No issues at all in fact.

On a side note: man this game is hard...I got worked on Warlord last night

	01-11-2001 00:16									#29
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I have not gotten the game yet, but I suspect that most of the problems with the screen going drak after the intro movie may be windows. I think all would agree with me the windows has a long history of bugs. That is why when windows ME came out I did not upgrade to it and that is the same reason why I did not upgrade to windows XP as well. I do not trust windows, I think it is the most horrible os out there, but what can you do? One of the reasons I like mac computers is because the os is much better than windows, not as many bugs or problem. Sorry if I got off topic.

	01-11-2001 00:26									#30
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Well I am optimistic for my Athlon 700 with 384Mb RAM, 32Mb GeForce DDR and 18Gb HDD then